Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86310

Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 77609 on Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness, what percentage of completed NICE appraisals for brain tumour medications have led to approval

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not published final guidance on any brain tumour appraisals in the last 12 months.NICE is currently developing guidance on the use of vorasidenib for treating astrocytoma or oligodendrogliom...

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